Comments on Creating Vicious: Rabies Vaccine in Repetition

I've worked with horses my entire life and am old enough to have had them long before rabies shots were typically given to them. While horses in general are not vicious animals, you do run across the cantankerous ones now and then. I was nailed in the hip one time by a pregnant Belgium mare while leading another horse through the paddock she was in. This was no nip, but a fast and forceful bite. It shocked the heck out of me! This was many years ago in a rural area. I doubt she had ever gotten a rabies vaccine. She was always just a little cranky, but I chalked the actual bite up to hormones, since she was pregnant. It was just another reminded to never get too lax when working around such a large animal. I read a comment from another vet that he believes the rabies vaccine is what is causing such a high rate of collapsing trachea in small dogs and recommended Lyssin for it. What are your thoughts on this?

Dr. Falconer: it is amazing you found time to write a newsletter in your way to India!!!
I really do not know much about horses, I have never owned one. They are beautiful animals, and I like them just as I like all animals. It is really sad that it is not even the law requiring rabies vaccines for them, and nevertheless they are being vaccinated for rabies because of owners of the stables were they are kept!!!
You write in homeopathy, it’s long been recognized that disease often ensues after vaccination. And that disease often includes the nervous system, especially when we give a rabies vaccine. As we all know this vaccine is required by law for dogs in most states, and I think I have said this in another post not all homeopathic doctors agreed with the statement above, or maybe they do in theory. There is an article on vaccination written by a homeopathic doctor in my state in the last issue of DogsNaturally (November-December) and I am quoting "Rabies is required by law, and it would be wrong of any vet to urge someone to disobey the law. You should, however, educate yourself about the rabies vaccine, and support the Rabies Challenge Fund, which is working to prove that the duration of immunity for the rabies vaccine is longer than three years" if a doctor writes this kind of statement what can we expect from others in the community that are less educated in this subject, like groomers, boarding, day care, kennels etc. I also would like to ask is it right to give a vaccine to a dog with chronic disease, like allergies, incontinence, arthritis, etc.
She also believes vaccines themselves do not cause autoimmune disease, but in genetically predisposed dogs, vaccination may induce immune-mediated disease.